Blake Bell, Author at The Vicksburg Post
Local
Vicksburg Fire Chief Derrick Stamps said this week that his team installed more than 150 free smoke alarms in Vicksburg homes in 2024, significantly improving ...
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by Blake Bell, Sunday, January 12, 2025 12:16 pm
News
Mayor George Flaggs Jr. on Friday spoke again about a recent city sponsorship that has come under fire after the Board of Mayor and Alderman ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, January 10, 2025 10:22 pm
Columnists
I know we’ve been writing a lot about the issue of winter safety recently, but another big fire in town Thursday morning just underscores the ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, January 10, 2025 1:12 pm
Local
Structure fires in Vicksburg continue amid the recent snap of cold weather with a house fire Friday morning in an unoccupied home on Walnut Street. ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, January 10, 2025 11:34 am
Crime
A Vicksburg man has been taken into custody for murder in Madison Parish after a death Thursday was ruled to be a homicide. Louisiana State ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, January 10, 2025 11:16 am
News
A fire that quickly engulfed the Scottish Inn building on Clay Street Thursday morning has been brought under control and has not yet yielded any ...
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by Blake Bell, Thursday, January 9, 2025 10:09 am
News
Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr.’s yearly State of the City address took on a different tone Wednesday night at the Robert M. Walker Building with ...
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by Blake Bell, Wednesday, January 8, 2025 10:42 pm
Columnists
If you need someone to blame for this Arctic blast we’re getting this week, I guess you can start with me. If you asked my ...
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by Blake Bell, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:02 pm
Local
A relatively new addition to NCAA sports has been making waves since first going into effect July 1, 2021, and this week the ripples made ...
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by Blake Bell, Monday, January 6, 2025 4:49 pm
Local
The annual meeting of the Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce is quickly approaching, and President and CEO Pablo Diaz said this year’s event is as ...
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by Blake Bell, Saturday, January 4, 2025 10:00 am
Columnists
It wasn’t the way any of us wanted to start the new year: a lone attacker driving a truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, January 3, 2025 7:47 am
Local
The A City United program held New Year’s Day at Washington Street Park did just that for Vicksburg, as members of church congregations, city government ...
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by Blake Bell, Thursday, January 2, 2025 9:03 pm
Local
A fire that destroyed a mobile home on Ken Karyl Avenue Wednesday could have been much worse after five children escaped the home unharmed, Vicksburg ...
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by Blake Bell, Wednesday, January 1, 2025 5:36 pm
Columnists
I’ve heard it said many times that President Jimmy Carter accomplished as much or more in life after serving as president of the United States ...
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by Blake Bell, Tuesday, December 31, 2024 10:07 am
Education
Stacey K. Everett has been named Teacher of the Year at River City Early College (RCEC), where she teaches ninth-grade economics and government, and now ...
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by Blake Bell, Sunday, December 29, 2024 8:55 am
News
As Vicksburg dealt with power outages across the city due to Saturday’s inclement weather, Vicksburg Fire Department was on the scene of a structure fire ...
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by Blake Bell, Saturday, December 28, 2024 9:19 pm
Local
A structure fire that broke out Friday night on Jefferson Circle was quickly controlled by the Vicksburg Fire Department, Fire Chief Derrick Stamps said. “At ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, December 27, 2024 10:33 pm
News
After years of waiting on a new facility for the Vicksburg Animal Shelter, city officials said the animals themselves will have to wait a few ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, December 27, 2024 8:03 pm
Local
Last Christmas marked ten years since Vicksburg native Erin Hern began quietly leading a group of volunteers around Warren County feeding local first responders and ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, December 27, 2024 7:56 pm
Columnists
Christmas has come and gone and now we look ahead to the last holiday of 2024, which is also the first holiday of 2025: New ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, December 27, 2024 2:59 pm
Local
The City of Vicksburg during its regular meeting Monday declared three vehicles as surplus items before donating them to River City Rescue Mission. The city ...
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by Blake Bell, Thursday, December 26, 2024 9:01 pm
Local
Volunteers from Bally’s Vicksburg Casino, Gospel Temple M. B. Church and other organizations from around the River City cooked and handed out meals for first ...
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by Blake Bell, Wednesday, December 25, 2024 2:18 pm
Crime
One person is dead and another facing a murder charge in Tallulah after one inmate allegedly stabbed another Monday. According to officials with the Madison ...
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by Blake Bell, Monday, December 23, 2024 2:43 pm
Local
Vicksburg Fire Chief Derrick Stamps on Monday said the investigation into the deadly fire that claimed a life in early December on Mattingly Street has ...
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by Blake Bell, Monday, December 23, 2024 1:02 pm
Downtown Vicksburg
The winners of the 2024 Christmas Parade of Lights were publicly acknowledged during Monday’s final 2024 meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA), ...
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by Blake Bell, Monday, December 23, 2024 12:30 pm
Local
Vicksburg Fire Department (VFD) Assistant Chief Carl Carson retired this week after more than three decades of service and VFD leadership said his absence is ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, December 20, 2024 8:50 pm
Crime
A Warren County man is facing a felony child abuse charge after turning himself in to authorities Monday. Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said 28-year-old ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, December 20, 2024 4:19 pm
Columnists
Since it’s now officially been a year since I came on board here at The Vicksburg Post, it feels like it’s appropriate that I’m writing ...
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by Blake Bell, Friday, December 20, 2024 12:08 pm
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